A dozen South Vietnamese farmers walk side-by-side in a large rice paddy, spraying their crop. Outline map of Vietnam and environs is superimposed on the moving scene. Two farmers threshing crop by hand. Two farmers pounding rice with a foot operated wooden device. A steam shovel lifting mineral-bearing earth. Vietnamese workers using hand tools to loosen ore and push it down the side of a hill, where another is seen pushing a small rail car loaded with ore. A worker cutting a rubber tree on a plantation, to collect its natural latex. Latex being processed in a factory. Workers in a spinning facility and others weaving large rolls of cloth by machine.
The film begins showing an airborne B-52 bomber and then a copilot in the cockpit. View down through the bomb bay of a B-52. View from another Aircraft of a B-52 dropping numerous conventional bombs on enemy positions in Vietnam. The open bomb bay is shown again, only this time clusters of bombs are seen dropping from it. Aerial view of the ground as the many bombs strike creating a line of explosions and smoke. Closeup of a crew member wearing an oxygen mask. Another view of bombs being dropped and exploding on the ground. Bomb bay on a bomber being closed after it has finished a mission. More aerial views of bomb strikes and damage on the ground. View from cockpit of a B-52 following another that is leaving condensation trails. An Air Force officer working on the ground with mechanics. An Air Force sergeant working with a Navy technician in a headquarters. Strategic Air Command (SAC) crew members in flight suits descend from an aircraft upon arriving at an Air Force Base. An Air Force General presenting a major with some type of an award. A B-52 taxiing on an airfield. An F-104 Starfighter aircraft taxiing on an airfield. War supplies for American forces being offloaded from a ship in Vietnam. An Air Force drill team marching. A mechanic replacing a bulb on a large high outdoor light. Brief glimpse closeup of some school children. Air force personnel rescue a person from a flooded house. The Air Force drill team, seen earlier, spinning their rifles. Air Force ground crews moving a thousand pound bomb on a trolley and installing it into a B-52. View from a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker as it refuels a B-52 in flight. View of the tanker hooked up to the B-52.
Dramatization. Dr. David Livingstone instructs an African messenger to deliver his letters to the coast. African messenger sets off. An African native report on David Livingstone’s letters to disgruntled expedition members. African attendant sets off to kill the messenger. African attendant stalks the messenger carefully in the jungle. David Livingstone applies shaving cream on his face. Livingstone playfully paints a moustache on the native African boy with shaving cream. Livingstone and the African boy laugh after Livingstone shows his face in the mirror. African attendant burn letters in fire.
Dramatization. Henry Morton Stanley seeks David Livingstone’s whereabouts in Africa. Henry Morton Stanley questions an elderly African Muslim native. Elderly African Muslim man answers Stanley. David Livingstone writes from his diary, “I feel as though I am dying on my feet-“. Henry Morton Stanley’s native caravan continues their trek in African Savannah. Muslim African servant Susi checks on David Livingstone from his sickbed. Susi and another African servant worry about their master’s state of health.
Dramatization. Henry Morton Stanley arrives in Ujiji to meet David Livingstone. Livingstone’s Muslim African servant, Abdullah Susi, runs out of the house to meet caravan of Henry Morton Stanley. Susi introduces himself to Henry Morton Stanley. African servant informs his master of another white man’s arrival on his sickbed. African servant helps Livingstone stand up from bed. David Livingstone meets Henry Morton Stanley for the first time. Henry Morton Stanley utters his famous words, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume”. Livingstone gently nods in affirmative. Livingstone and Stanley shake hands. Livingstone and Stanley talk about news outside Africa over snacks. David Livingstone bids good-bye and leaves.
Dramatization. Doctor David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley talk under baobab tree. David Livingstone, with walking stick, greets Henry Morton Stanley under baobab tree. Henry Morton Stanley attempts to persuade David Livingstone to come back home with him. David Livingstone nods his head in disapproval, choosing to remain in Africa.
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